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grunthex posted 02-18-99 12:12 PM ET
Ok. my first two games were on Talent, so hopefully this is another 'optional rule' that gets disabled as you move up.
I've noticed that the AI factions will NOT start building a Secret Project until YOU develop the tech for it. It made it really easy in my last game I was playing directed research to try it out (thumbs down, too much control), and I just avoided having more than two projects available at one time, so I could get them all.
Is this changed in the higher levels? Moving up to ... whatever's above Talent today.

Dick Knisely posted 02-18-99 05:43 PM ET
Yep, that's it exactly -- at Librarian and above they'll build anything they have the tech for and want, which is pretty much everything. It gets very hard to get all the projects you would like to have, really have to prioritize especially at first. Later in the game I _may_ (or may not) be dominant enough to build just about anything I want before the others can.
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Author	Topic: AI Secret Project Limits?
grunthex	posted 02-18-99 12:12 PM ET Ok. my first two games were on Talent, so hopefully this is another 'optional rule' that gets disabled as you move up. I've noticed that the AI factions will NOT start building a Secret Project until YOU develop the tech for it. It made it really easy in my last game I was playing directed research to try it out (thumbs down, too much control), and I just avoided having more than two projects available at one time, so I could get them all. Is this changed in the higher levels? Moving up to ... whatever's above Talent today.
Dick Knisely	posted 02-18-99 05:43 PM ET Yep, that's it exactly -- at Librarian and above they'll build anything they have the tech for and want, which is pretty much everything. It gets very hard to get all the projects you would like to have, really have to prioritize especially at first. Later in the game I _may_ (or may not) be dominant enough to build just about anything I want before the others can.